In 2022, I wrote that GPUs were headed in the wrong direction — their price, size, and power consumption were off the charts.

The graphics card hype train left the station weeks before CES 2025 kicks off in early January, with the launch of Intel’s $249 Arc B580 – the GPU we’ve begged for since the pandemic.

We're almost there, folks: the next generation of graphics cards is just around the corner. Intel recently sprung the Arc B580 on us, but apart from that, it feels like an age since a new GPU ...